diff --git a/src/ipblc.rs b/src/ipblc.rs
index b5de02d..2586a54 100644
--- a/src/ipblc.rs
+++ b/src/ipblc.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use chrono::prelude::*;
 use chrono::prelude::{DateTime, Local};
 use chrono::Duration;
 use nix::sys::inotify::{InitFlags, Inotify, InotifyEvent};
+use sd_notify::*;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use tokio::sync::mpsc::{channel, Receiver, Sender};
@@ -21,6 +22,13 @@ const BL_CHAN_SIZE: usize = 32;
 const WS_CHAN_SIZE: usize = 64;
 const LOOP_MAX_WAIT: u64 = 5;
 
+macro_rules! log_with_systemd {
+    ($msg:expr) => {
+        println!("{}", $msg);
+        notify(false, &[NotifyState::Status(format!("{}", $msg).as_str())]).unwrap();
+    };
+}
+
 pub async fn run() {
     let inotify = Inotify::init(InitFlags::empty()).unwrap();
     let globalctx = Context::new(&inotify).await;
@@ -31,7 +39,7 @@ pub async fn run() {
     let pkgversion = format!("{}@{}", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"), GIT_VERSION);
 
     let mut last_cfg_reload: DateTime<Local> = Local::now().trunc_subsecs(0);
-    println!("Launching {}, version {}", PKG_NAME, pkgversion);
+    log_with_systemd!(format!("Launching {}, version {}", PKG_NAME, pkgversion));
     fwglobalinit();
 
     let ctxapi = Arc::clone(&ctxarc);
@@ -60,6 +68,8 @@ pub async fn run() {
         compare_files_changes(&ctxclone, &mut blrx, &ipeventclone).await;
     });
 
+    notify(false, &[NotifyState::Ready]).unwrap();
+
     loop {
         let mut ret: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
 
@@ -94,7 +104,7 @@ pub async fn run() {
                 // send ip list to api and ws sockets
                 if let Some(ipevent) = filtered_ipevent {
                     if received_ip.msgtype != "init" {
-                        println!("sending {} to api and ws", ipevent.ipdata.clone().unwrap().ip);
+                        log_with_systemd!(format!("sending {} to api and ws", ipevent.ipdata.clone().unwrap().ip));
                         let ipe = ipevent!("add","ws",gethostname(true),ipevent.ipdata);
                         send_to_ipbl_api(&server.clone(), &ipe).await;
                         if !send_to_ipbl_websocket(&mut wssocketrr, &ipe).await {
@@ -119,7 +129,8 @@ pub async fn run() {
 
         // log lines
         if ret.len() > 0 {
-            println!("{ret}", ret = ret.join(", "));
+            let result = ret.join(", ");
+            log_with_systemd!(format!("{result}"));
         }
 
         let ctxclone = Arc::clone(&ctxarc);